Endemic cryptosporidiosis and exposure to municipal tap water in persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): A case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Aragón, Tomás J ^a,c   Novotny, Suzanne ^c   Enanoria, Wayne ^b,c   Vugia, Duc J ^d,e   Khalakdina, Asheena ^b,c   Katz, Mitchell H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA EMERGING INFECTIONS PROGRAM   (United States)

^e Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; WATER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; WATER CONTAMINATION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILTRATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3042621669     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-2     Document Type: Article

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